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Jet Airways eyes competitors' assets
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/359417.cms Jet Airways eyes competitors' assets Subhro Niyogi [ 7 Nov, 2006 2207hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ] RSS Feeds| SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates
KOLKATA: Jet Airways will be scouting for US-style takeovers when Indi...
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Emirates to be the first to allow mobile calls
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www.bbc.com
Emirates 'to debut mobile calls' Emirates will beat Ryanair to allowing mobile calls on board Dubai-based Emirates will become the first airline to allow passengers to make mobile phone calls on its flights. It has signed a deal with Aeromobile to provide the technolo...
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India Inc places orders for 100 corporate jets
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http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2006/nov/08jet.htm India Inc places orders for 100 corporate jets Bipin Chandran in New Delhi November 08, 2006 00:05 IST
The number of corporate jets in the country is expected to double to 300 in the next 18 months as...
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Chinese projects in airports under scanner
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/361116.cms Chinese projects in airports under scanner Pradeep Thakur [ 8 Nov, 2006 0120hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ] RSS Feeds| SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates
NEW DELHI: Concerned at China's continued monitoring of Indian...
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Talks on for flights from Leicestershire to India
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http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=20659
Talks on for flights from Leicestershire to India
London, Nov 8 (IANS) Talks are on with four Indian airline companies to operate regular flights from Leicestershire to India to cater to the close business and famil...
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Non-English ATC in China
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Does anyone know about the ATC in China? Flew to Chengdu and back (first time to China) and it was really funny that the Chinese ATC speak in Chinese to local a/c and you have to identify as "English" or "Callsign+FlightNumber+English".
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Bombardier in talks with Indian carriers to sell jets
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www.uninews.com
Bombardier in talks with Indian carriers to sell jets
New Delhi, Nov 7 (UNI)
Canada-based aircraft firm Bombardier is in talks with several Indian carriers to sell its regional jets and turboprop aircraft meant for serving short-haul routes and smaller airstrips....
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DEL Runway 27
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Hi Guyz, I want to know whether the Runway 27(smaller one) of Delhi Airport will be made A380 compatible or not. The flightpath of aircrafts directed to this runway crosses over my home. I usually see A320's/B737's and sometimes Boeing 747(usually AI) and MD-11F (FedEx and Lufthansa). I also wish to...
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Caller says bomb on Jet Airways flight to London
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http://www.indianexpress.com/story/16200.html Caller says bomb on Jet flight to London Express News ServicePosted online:
Wednesday, November 08, 2006 at 0000 hrs Print Email Mumbai, November 7 : Security checks for all London-bound flights from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Internat...
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Aviation Pattern Video
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Amazing animation of flight movements over the United States. Initially looks like a neuron. Here's the You Tube video link: Animation Have fun. -- Edited by Seat 13A at 20:47, 2006-11-05
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Air India looking at Adelaide?
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http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,20696108-2682,00.html# Adelaide 'a priority' for Air India
GREG KELTON, STATE POLITICAL REPORTER November 04, 2006 12:15am AIR India is considering resuming flights to Australia and has told the State Government that Adelaide is a li...
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Airplane Spotters Wiki
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It will be nice if we updated ideal spotting locations from across India at this site:
Spotterswikki
India right now has locations.
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Interesting Aviation Websites
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Here is my two other favorite aviation sites besides Airliners.net/India.net
1) Ask Captain Lim (The FAQ's are worth reading in this site)
http://www.askcaptainlim.com/index.html
2) From the cockpit
http://www.fromthecockpit.com/
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Emirates to deploy A380 on India route
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Emirates confirmed the following configurations for 45 A380s on order (The Australian, 03-Nov-06):
Long haul routes, such as Dubai-Sydney: 489 seats in a three class configuration;
Eight-hour routes, such as Dubai-London: 540 seats in a three class configuration;
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Which US-based carriers fly into India and which aircrafts do they bring in?
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As the title says which US-based carriers fly into India, which aircrafts do they fly on these routes and which places in India do they operate
thanx in advance
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EU law on air service gets Govt of India in tizzy
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1835272,00020016.htm EU law on air service gets Govt in tizzy
Nandini R Iyer
New Delhi, November 3, 2006 A new European Union (EU) law that allows for the sharing of available air service agreements among its member states has the Indian gove...
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Malaysia’s biggest budget airliner eyes more routes to India
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www.uninews.com
Malaysia’s biggest budget airliner eyes more routes to India
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 3 (UNI)
Malaysia’s budget airline AirAsia, which is eyeing more routes to India, China and Singapore, has said the country’s aviation sector must be open to competition to ensure passen...
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Airblue LCC to start flying to India
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Airblue eyes India Neelam Mathews
MUMBAI - Airblue, a Pakistan-based low-cost carrier (LCC) says it hopes to fly to India once it gets the flying rights. Pakistan's domestic civil aviation market is about five million. Shahid K Abassi, chief operating officer of Airblue, says the carrier has si...
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Austrian Airlines to cut Airbus A330 fleet in 2007
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www.uninews.com
Austrian Airlines to cut Airbus A330 fleet in 2007
Vienna, Nov 2 (UNI)
Austrian Airlines AG today said it will eliminate its fleet of four Airbus A330 long-haul jetliners in 2007, a move the national carrier said will save it about USD 51 million a year.
Prospective r...
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Fedex To Acquire PAFEX
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Fedex has announced it's intention to buy PAFEX
MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 02, 2006 FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) announced today that its FedEx Express unit has signed an agreement to acquire its Indian service provider, Prakash Air Freight Pvt. Ltd. (PAFEX) for US$30 millio...
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'Air India unit will be set up in Kerala'
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'Air India unit will be set up in Kerala'
Agency
Thiruvananthapuram, June 7
Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Wednesday said his government would give 15 acres of land and do 'everything possible' to see that Air India's aircraft maintenance unit is set up in the state. ...
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Finnair to launch direct flight to Delhi
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www.ptinews.com
Finnair to launch direct flight to Delhi
Helsinki, July 4 Finnair will launch a direct flight to Delhi from Helsinki on October 30, according to airlines spokesperson Senja Larsen.
She said the airline was targetting business travellors with an eye on the emerging Indian m...
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Batteries permitted?
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I might be travelling this Nov. or Dec to MAA. So i was thinking of taking my camera. But the question is will the security permit batteries in the cam?
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Dead Body in Cargo
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What is a dead body in cargo hold called.
What are the charges for transporting one.
What are the procedural formalities.
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Air India Express starts flights to MAdras-Chennai
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First Indian budget carrier to begin Singapore flights
SINGAPORE – Air India Express made its inaugural flight to Changi from Chennai yesterday and is the first India-based budget carrier to fly here. The carrier will operate 10 weekly flights on the Singapore-Chennai route from Chan...
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Sri Lankan budget airlines struggle to get off ground
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ww.uninews.com
Still Grounded 30 October 2006 14:38:48 Sri Lankan budget airlines struggle to get off ground Oct 30, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s first budget airlines to fly international routes are struggling to get off ground, with approvals pen...
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Emergency doors
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Questions, questions . . .
1) Sometimes emergency doors have their weight written on them (stickers), and sometimes they don't. What is the correct position?
2) Some emergency doors have hand-rests and some don't, what is the law?
3) Why should the hand-rest be in "down" position while takin...
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Fliers to get bill for climate change
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LONDON - Air travellers should prepare themselves to be hit with new taxes even as some carriers reduce their fuel surcharges. A hard-hitting report into the environment due to be released today will detail the cost of failing to counter climate change. Climate change could cut global growth by a fi...
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What Praful Patel said about Air India
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Grounded by reality
He was a frustrated passenger — with a difference. On Thursday, Praful Patel, the civil aviation minister, arrived at London’s Heathrow airport to be greeted by bowing and scraping Air India staff — along with protocol officers from the Indian High Commission — as he checked i...
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PRIVATE AIR CHARTERS IN INDIA
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Let us all list private air charters, available here in India.
A small attempt to boost TOURISM and AVIATION in India.
Please support this endeavour.
Link http://www.tata.com/taj_air/index.htm
Profile Taj Air is an...
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IA direct flight between Bangalore and Male (from Nov. 2, 2006)
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www.uninews.com
Indian to introduce direct flight between Bangalore and Male Bangalore, Oct 26 (UNI)
Indian would be introducing an international air link between Bangalore and Male (Maldives) from November 2. The non-stop flight would be operated with Airbus A-320 aircraft, offering 20...
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Is Cosmic Air out of business?
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Report from Justplanes.com dated Oct 20th
Cosmic Air suspended flights last Saturday as it ran into trouble including non-payment of lease fees for its 2 Fk100s. The airline operates its last flight on Friday.
They used to fly 2xdaily to DEL and 3weekly to CCU & their fare was quite cheap!
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TCS To Design Boeing Interiors
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A great news for an Indian companyTCS has been appointes to design Boeing interiors -- Edited by 787 at 23:29, 2006-10-27
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A-I, IA may join hands to bid for ground operations
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http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=262874&leftnm=3&subLeft=0&chkFlg= A-I, IA may join hands to bid for ground operations P R Sanjai / Mumbai October 26, 2006 State-owned carriers Air India and Indian Airlines are planning...
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The next airline is ...
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Sky King Aviation gets NoC to operate in NE
Aizawl, Sep 13 (UNI)
Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted the initial No Objection Certificate (NoC) to Sky King Aviation, a private airliner of India to operate exclusively in the North-East region. The airline is to decide on us...
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bmi to discontinue Heathrow-Mumbai?
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www.uninews.com
bmi pulls Heathrow-Mumbai service bmi has discontinued its daily Heathrow-Mumbai service indefinitely, blaming a long-term technical problem on the A330 aircraft that it uses on the route. The bmi A330 has been out of action for four weeks with a landing gear pro...
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Jet's Cricket specials
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If you see Jet's current schedule, there are some interesting short-term flights listed:
Chandigarh-Jaipur on Oct 30,31
Chandigarh-Mumbai on Nov 3
Presumably these must be special flights in connection with the Champion's Trophy. As the flight numbers are 4-digits I suppose they...
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Spicejet under intelligence scanner?
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www.uninews.com
Foreign investment is security threat, warns Indian security agency
New Delhi, October 25, 2006
India’s apex security agency, the National Security Council (NSC), has warned that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in certain industrial and service sectors of the I...
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9W London-Mumbai makes emergency landing
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Jet Airways London-Mumbai made an emergency landing after engine failure. There was full emergency an Sahar. Aircraft had 198 passengers on borad. -- Edited by karatecatman at 21:25, 2006-08-13
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IA Cargo -- Indian launches automated cargo operations
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Business Indian launches automated cargo operations http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200607021964.htm New Delhi, July. 2 (PTI): Public sector air carrier Indian has launched automated cargo operations connecting Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.
The system would be extended to oth...
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Dornier 228 information
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Hi was looking to understand if a Dornier 228 can be fitted with a mini-galley and toilet and still carry a load of atleast 17 passengers and 1 cabin crew. Will th emini-galley be able to serve hot meals?
If i m not mistaken: Jagson airlines serves basic meals on its Dornier flights, and Vayudoot most d...
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FRA-CCU 6 times a week?
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Both Amadeus & Air India website are showing FRA-CCU as 6 weekly services.
Flight Schedules from Kolkata toFrankfurt for the week of 13JAN07
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Boeing selling A340-300s and EMB-120ERs
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First Flight ATP Freighter
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Well Said Praful
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2208780.cms-- Edited by sri_bom at 17:00, 2006-10-24
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A very very upset Sahara 301
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Came in over delhi today and was in the queue for landing, heard a very interesting conversation between Sahara 301 and the ATC who had kept Sahara 301 holding for adams and then asked them to increase speed and refused to let them descend. A visibly upset commander on the Sahara 301 let out a ve...
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Air India completes 74 years of flying
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On October 15th 2006, AI completes 74 years of flying.
The first flight was operated by a De Havilland Puss Moth VT-ADN flown by Mr. J R D Tata from Karachi to Bombay and by Mr. Nevill Vintcent from Bombay to Madras on October 15th 1932. The first service arrived at Ma...
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International return air tickets may cost more
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International return air tickets may cost more DEEPSHIKHA SIKARWAR TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006 04:10:36 PM]
NEW DELHI: International return air tickets may cost more. Round-trip air tickets will attract service tax. The central board of excise and customs has clar...
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Emergency landing at Juhu
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I just heard that a Kingair made an emergency landing at Juhu airport today. Do any of you Mumbai guys have more details?
rgs,
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